Earthworm ecology
By: edited by Clive A. Edwards.
Contributors: Edwards, C. A. 1925-
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: CRC Press
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Boca Raton, Fla
Language: eng
Number of pages: 441
Subjects: Earthworms -- Ecology -- Congresses.
Genres: Congresses.
Other titles: Earthworm ecology.
Description: "Earthworm Ecology, Second Edition: analyzes the history of earthworm research, the importance of earthworms as representatives of soil fauna, the effects of the invasion of exotic earthworms into North America and other regions, and vermiculture and vermicomposting in Europe, Asia, and the United States; highlights the critical beneficial role of earthworms for plant and soil health, and their important role in organic waste management; presents in-depth discussion of earthworm biogeography, diversity, taxonomy, and systematics; provides full coverage of earthworm feeding behavior, food preferences, dietary requirements, and interactions between earthworms and microbial communities; and includes information on the impacts of climate, human activities, soil properties, predation, disease and parasitism, and competition upon earthworm ecology."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Invited review papers presented at the 5th International Symposium on Earthworm Ecology, held in Columbus, Ohio, July 1994.

Rev. ed. of: Earthworm ecology / edited by Clive A. Edwards. 1994.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The importance of earthworms as key representatives of the soil fauna; title: How earthworms affect plant growth : burrowing into the mechanisms; title: Planetary processes and their interactions with earthworm distributions and ecology; title: The status of earthworm biogeography, diversity, and taxonomy in North America revisited with glimpses into the future; title: Invasion of exotic earthworms into North America and other regions; title: Factors affecting the abundance of earthworm in soils; title: A comprehensive study of the taxonomy and ecology of the lumbricid earthworm genus Octodrilus from the Carpathians; title: Effects of earthworms on soil organic matter and nutrient dynamics at a landscape scale over decades; title: Integrating the effects of earthworms on nutrient cycling across spatial temporal scales; title: Quantifying the effects of earthworms on soil aggregation and porosity; title: Effects of earthworms on soil organization; title: Functional interactions between earthworms, microorganisms, organic matter, and plants; title: Impacts of earthworms on other biota in forest soils, with some emphasis on cool temperate montane forests; title: Managing earthworms as a resource in Australian pastures; title: Earthworms in agroecosystems : research approaches; title: Earthworms as test organisms in ecotoxicological assessment of toxicant impacts on ecosystems; title: Earthworms in environmental research; title: The use of earthworms in the breakdown of organic wastes to produce vermicomposts and animal feed protein; title: The use of earthworms : natures's gift for utilization of organic wastes in Asia; title: State-of-the art and new perspectives on vermicomposting research.